Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 895 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

1. 1.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
39. 39.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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